Window-frame



S. H. REID.

WINDOW FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1920.

1,366,678. Patented Jan-25,1921. I

v I 56 N \l UNITED stares PATENT OFFICE.

SYLVES'I'ER H. REID, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE J.Gr. BRILL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A.. CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

Application filed July 20, 1920. Serial No. 397,637.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Srnvnsrnn H. Rum, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city and county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inWindow-Frames, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a window frame in such amanner that the sash can be placed in position and removed very readily,and when placed in position it will be held snugly in place, thuspreventing it from rattling and likewise preventing the passage of airbetween the sash and the frame when the sash is in closed position.

The invention is particularly adapted for railway passenger cars andmore especially when the window frames or sashes are constructed partlyof wood and partly of metal,

but it will he understood that it can be used in any place where asnug-fitting sash is desired, particularly where the frame and sash aresubject to vibration, and rattling of the sash is likely to occur. I

With these objects and other objects which may hereinafter appear inview, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter setforth and more particularly pointedout in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a parthereof, in which-- Figure l is a transverse section ofa window frametogether with portions of the sashes and Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view of a modified form of window frame.

Throughout the various views ofthe drawings, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

In the preferred improvement of my invention, as disclosed in theaccompanying drawing, and particularly in Fig. 1 thereof, 1 indicatesone of the side posts or stanchions of the car. Each post is providedwith an inwardly extending web 2. This web fits into a longitudinalgroove 3 in an inner wooden post 4, to which the metal post 1 issecured.

The metal post 1, is preferably in the form of a T-beam and is securedto the wooden post member 4 by means of screws 5 or other fasteningmeans, which pass through the inwardly extending web 2 of the metal post1 as shown. The wooden beam 4 is provided with a curtain groove 6adjacent its inner end.

Secured to the sides of the wooden post 4 by means of spaced-apartscrews 7, are resilient or flexible side plates 8 which are providedwith sash-receiving grooves 9 to receive the edges of the sashes 10 andact as guide ways therefor. Each of the plates 8 is provided at its freeend with an outwardly extending flange 11 and secured to the outer faceof the post 1 by means of screws 12, is a plate 13, which is providedwith flanges 14 which extend inwardly toward the sides of the post 1.These flanges 14 on the plate 13 overlie the flanges 11 on the sideplates 8 and form stops to restrict outward movement of the plates 8.The inwardly extending flanges 14 also form sides for the sashguide-ways 9 as shown. The side plates 8 are provided with inwardly projecting flanges 15 at their inner ends which project into the curtaingrooves 6 and form one of the faces therefor and the wooden post 4isprovided with grooves 16 into which the ends of the flanges 15 fit.

As heretofore explained, the side plates 8 are resilient and tend tospring outward and away from the sides of the posts thus causing themtobe held snugly against the edges of the sashes 10. This preventsrattling as the sashes are held tightly in their grooves at all times.

It will be noted that the wooden posts 4 are provided with inclined sidefaces 18, which faces are covered by the side plates 8. These inclinedfaces 18 permit inward movement of the plates 8 when necessary, withoutobstructing or preventing such movement.

In the construction shown in Fig. 2, I have shown the side plates 8having their attached ends projecting upward into grooves 17 in thewooden post members 4. In other respects the construction shown in Fig.2 is substantially identical with and operates in like manner to thatshown in Fig. 1.

Having described my invention it is obvious that the same is not to berestricted to the exact embodiment shown, but is broad enough to coverall structures coming Within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having described my invention, What I claim is: V

1. A. window frame comprising a metal post, a Wooden post having alongitudinal groove into which a Web onthe metal post is secured,curtain grooves in the Wooden post, resilient sash-receiving platessecured to the Wooden post and flanges on the plates extending into thecurtain grooves and secured therein.

2. A Window frame comprising an outer post member, an inner post membersecured thereto, a pair of resilient plates secured to the inner postand resilientlv movable to- Ward the sides thereof with portions of saidinner post member being inclined behindthe lates. 1 V

Signed at the city of Helsingfors, Finland,

this 15th day ofJune 1920.

SYLVESTER H. REID.

